Many university-based principal preparation programs prepare individuals for employment in local K-12 school districts. Programs recruit students and shape aspects of curriculum and ongoing professional development in light of local school districts and community characteristics. Utilizing Indiana state licensure and employment data sets for all…

The emergence of a global knowledge-based economy has given rise to drastic changes in both higher education and employment. On one hand, governments in advanced societies have launched policies to expand higher education to compete internationally in educating and attracting highly skilled workers. At the same time, both global economic…

This latest report in the GMAC® Data-to-Go Series provides an overview of trends in graduate management education in Canada and a brief look at jobs and employment trends for recent 2013 business school graduates in Canada. Key themes of internationalization, program portfolio, and student recruitment appear in data throughout. Data presented here…

This report is based on data obtained during the summer of 1969 from 45,000 fully qualified engineers, representing an estimated 308,00 members of the organized engineering profession. The following statements summarize the findings of this study. The largest number of degrees were reported in the fields of electrical and electronic, mechanical,…

This paper presents facts and figures of the international higher education. Facts reveal that the UK sells more brainpower per capita than anywhere else in the world. The UK has 1% of the world's population but undertakes 5% of the world's scientific research and produces 14% of the world's most highly cited papers (Universities UK 2010). More…

In a survey of Oklahoma business designed to develop occupational data for the present and future, 300 occupations were selected and 11 schedules prepared to reflect various types of firms. The schedule concerning medical and other health services facilities was sent to nearly 200 firms and institutions and usable information was received from…

This is the third of three reports on the 1974 National Survey of Scientists and Engineers conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the National Science Foundation. It covers geographic characteristics of the almost 1.1 million persons in the National Sample. The data are reported in detailed statistical tables, with additional information…

Descriptions of the number and distributions of minority physicians, dentists, and pharmacists within certain geographically and demographically defined areas are provided. Data from the Bureau of the Census for the 1980 Decennial Census were used in examining distribution patterns of minority and non-minority practitioners by geographic region,…

Low-paid workers are defined as the lowest paid one-fourth of nonsupervisory employees in private industry in the nonfarm economy, mostly in service and retail industries, not covered by union or other labor standards, and concentrated in the South. (MF)

Factors associated with the chosen occupation (door to door peddling) of many Syrians account for the initial movement of Syrians into and throughout New York State in the early 1900s. Variations in Syrian population density are explained in this article. (Author/GC)

This pamphlet is a publication of the Administration on Aging. It presents the following statistical information on older Americans: their number, geographic distribution, life expectancy, cost of personal health care, living arrangements, marital status, income, employment, health status and health care utilization. (SJL)

A survey of the personal, socioeconomic, and professional characteristics of the 100 men and women who served as President to the American Library Association (ALA) between 1876 and 1986 was undertaken to identify those socioeconomic and professional characteristics whose frequency distributions remained relatively constant for all 100 members of…

THE GEOGRAPHICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND INTERFIRM MOBILITY, AND THE FACTORS AFFECTING THESE MOVEMENTS FOR WORKERS IN FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY, AND SWEDEN IN THE PERIOD SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR ARE STUDIED. DATA OBTAINED FROM INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS AND GENERAL CENSUSES WERE USED TO COMPARE THE FOUR COUNTRIES WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE UNITED STATES.…

Discusses major changes in the national immigration policy which are reflected in immigration trends during the past twelve years, noting that the effects of these changes on the labor force and employment have focused increased attention on the need for a more adequate data collection system. (MF)